What saith the Scripture Tradition must give way to the clear statements of the Scripture

 

 Geiselmann argued from this change that Trent did not deny that all saving truth is contained in the Scriptures. The truth of divine revelation is found not partly in Scripture while the remainder is found in the traditions (the draft formulation); it is all in Scripture. It is also all in the tradition. It could be argued therefore that the sola Scriptura principle, properly understood, is consistent with Trent. [The view Geiselmann rejects has been the view of the major Roman apologists since Trent. For a brief account, see J. R. Geiselmann, “Scripture, Tradition, and the Church: An Ecumenical Problem,” in D. J. Callahan, H. A. Obermann, and D. J. O’Hanlon, eds., Christianity Divided (London: Sheed and Ward, 1962), 39–72 ] In response to Geiselmann’s position, however, Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) has argued that “as a Catholic theologian, [Geiselmann] has to hold fast to Catholic dogmas as such, but none of them is to be had sola Scriptura, neither the great dogma...